Maize ear rot is a widespread disease and the main pathogen is Fusarium verticillioides.
Plant microRNAs (miRNAs) have great effects on disease resistance and it has been …

Background Members of the fungal genus Trichoderma directly antagonize soil-borne fungal
pathogens, and an increasing number of species are studied for their potential in biocontrol …

Background In fungi, environmental pH is an important signal for development, and
successful host colonization depends on homeostasis. Surprisingly, little is known regarding …

Anaerobic fungi are powerful platforms for biotechnology that remain unexploited due to a
lack of genetic tools. These gut fungi encode the largest number of lignocellulolytic …

Recent technical advances regarding filamentous fungi have accelerated the engineering of
fungal-based production and benefited basic science. However, challenges still remain and …

Scedosporium species are common fungal pathogens in patients with cystic fibrosis (CF). To
colonize the CF lungs, fungi must cope with the host immune response, especially the …

Fungi of the genus Trichoderma are routinely used as biocontrol agents and for the
production of industrial enzymes. Trichoderma spp. are interesting hosts for heterologous …

Nonribosomal peptide synthetases (NRPSs) and NRPS-like enzymes have diverse
functions in primary and secondary metabolisms. By using a structure-guided approach, we …

Monascus pigments have various food industry applications and are pharmacologically
active. Genome sequencing-based clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic …

Drechmeria coniospora is an obligate fungal pathogen that infects nematodes via the
adhesion of specialized spores to the host cuticle. D. coniospora is frequently found …